I have two roosters up for adoption. They are part Australorpe and "barnyard mix" as I am not sure what mother is. She is a bantam that looks like a barred rock with a black beard. They are beautiful roosters but I have 3 and not enough hens. The
Read more…I want to trim my chickens wings so that they can come out into the yard without flying over the fence. How steep can I make a ladder so they can get onto their perch if their wing feathers are trimmed? The coop is only 4 feet wide.
Read more…The chicks are here! No pasting and they seem to be happy little butts! I hope that I can start figuring out soon what kinds there are! I am stupid excited!
Happy New year to everyone.
I came home yesterday and my chicken is not walking on 1 leg. I checked the leg for a cyst or infection and there is nothing. Her leg is moving but her foot is not, it is just hanging there. Has this happened to anyone?
Read more…I am in need of a pureblooded White Leghorn Rooster for breeding. I have the hens, just want to hatch some replacements while my hens are still laying well. Prefer full-grown, at least 6 months old. E-mail with what you have and your price. Thanks so
Read more…My wife is predominantly raw vegan, and we recently moved to Phoenix.
She is looking to slowly integrate raw goats milk/cheese and perhaps local organic eggs. Are there individuals here that have very small backyard operations that may be able to help
Read more…I have a breeder that has young American White Rabbits for sale. breeding pairs.
American white and blue rabbits are a conservancy breed meat rabbit that get to 9-10 pounds for
bucks and 10-11 pounds for does. excellant meat producers. I am actually
Read more…So... long story short... I am not moving. I got to contract and should have been closing on my 1.6 acres of beautiful land... and my soon-to-be-ex husband decided to screw me on it.
And so now I have 25 chicks growing away in my garage... lol... and
Read more…I'm going to be placing an order for 4 chicks from My Pet Chicken for Fall delivery. My Pet Chicken has lots of rare breeds and you can get just a few chickens from them. I ordered last spring and was very happy with the health and promptness of re
Read more…I know that I am late in the game and that this has probably already been addressed. A friend told me something about genetically engineered foods. I order organic seeds for my garden and raise my own transplants, So I doubt that I am affected too mu
Read more…I'm off to pick up my hopefully settled does. A lot of people in selenium deficient areas give a selenium supplement to their pregnant does. Anyone know about the selenium levels in our soil here in the low Sonoran desert?
It is that time of year again, I had to go to the dentist for a cleaning. The Hygenist was behind so I grabbed a magazine to read. The Phoenix Magazine January 2011 had an article called "The Locavore's Delimma" that contained an interview with Clint
Read more…Two of my girls are molting, I THINK. I have come to this conclusion by researching the net, advice on this board and my chicken books, etc. But things are getting ugly, they are really loosing their feathers around there necks.... are they cold? Ho
Read more…Hello All!
Our woodworking teacher has built us a lovely treadle feeder for our flock and we set it up last week. So far the girls have not actually stepped onto the tread (?) portion of the feeder, so I put a rock on it to hold it open. They don
Read more…There seems to be a lot of interest in rabbits. What would people think about having a get-together to exchange info and ideas?
Read more…all of her pin feathers are here and she does not appear to be molting but she just looks thin because of the lack of down. is this normal to happen in the winter? None of my other girls have the same problem. I have her in my arms now wrapped in
Read more…We picked up two nice Champagne bucks not knowing which we'd decide to keep and which we'd sell and finally made our choice, so the other is available. He's a nice easy to handle 6 month old that's fully colored out. $40. He has very good meat typ
Read more…My mom recently was asked to take on 6 bantam chickens. She currently has 8 RIRs. She has a second coop, but really wants larger hens to go in it. Still, she took the bantams. They are soooo cute.
Anyway, since she is not happy with them, I am contem
Read more…I have 8 chickens with a big coop and let them out in the morning to go play around the backyard. Recently I have realized that birds go to their coop to eat their food. They first started from just landing in the yard. Now I am afraid 10 is going
Read more…I have had a few chickens die, and I have just tossed them out. Would it be gross to use them to make broth? I realize that sometimes disease can cause their deaths. Has anyone done this? Would you do this?
Kelly
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